Creating the Future – DIH Fellows
Unwana Abasi
Scholarly Fellow 2021 - Department of Surgery, Kyabirwa Surgical Center
Unwana spent the year working with the Kyabirwa Surgical Center in Jinja, Uganda. She worked with surgeons in hte US and Uganda as well as an East African IT company to design a mobile application for patients to be able to recover from their ambulatory surgeries entirely from their homes.
Jen Ren
Summer Fellow 2021 - Rock Health
As a fellow, Jen supported the Rock Health research arm to analyze emerging trends in digital health, the broader healthcare industry, and investment digital health innovation. Jen also co-published two public-facing blog pieces and contributed to research around consumer adoption trends in digital health.
Omar Njie
Scholarly Fellow 2021 - AlleyCorp
Through work with the leading digital healthcare venture capital firm, AlleyCorp, the thesis of Omar’s project is to explore what skills from physician training are transferrable to a career in venture capital and healthcare entrepreneurship. The findings from this project will serve as a roadmap for future “doctor-preneurs”, enabling a world in which physicians are at the helm of healthcare’s transformational change.
Gary X. Gravesandy
Summer Fellow 2020 - Rubicon MD, <br />Scholarly Fellow 2021 - Consumer Digital
At RubiconMD, Gary’s work relied on his clinical experience and access to quality field experts to improve the ease of use, quality, and marketing of their econsulting service. He conducted research and interviews with field experts to provide and implement recommendations on site navigation and recruitment targets, and performed qualitative research on consult transcripts to empirically demonstrate positive impact on the care of the user’s patients.